Typographical composing-machine.



APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, H314.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 60-.WAMINOTON. D c.

i s s GARL MUEHLEISEN, F BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGN'OR TO MERGEhITHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING-MACHINE.

Application filed June 29, 1914. Serial No. 847,805.

To all whom itma z concern Be it known that I, CARL MUEHLEISEN, a

' citizen of the United States of America, at

present'residing at Chausseestrasse 23, Berlin, N4, in the Empire of Germany, have inventednew and usefulImprovements in Typographical Composing-Machines, of which the followingv is a specification.

This invention relates to typographical composing machines such as those known under the trade mark Linotype and to kindred machines and particularly-to those machines which are provided with a plurality or columnof superposed inclined magazines movable in a plane perpendicular to their angle of inclination, for bringing each of them successively into operative position to the exclusion, for the time being, of the other or others. a.

The invention consists in new or improved means for guiding the magazines during their movement in the aforesaid direction.

The invention will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawing which, more or less diagrammatically, shows, in side elevation, and as an example, the preferred manner of carrying it into effect.

In this drawing 1, 2, are magazines removably supported on an adjustable magazine frame 3; of these magazines there are represented in the drawing only two, but there may be three or more of such magazines in any given machine.

4 is the distributer, 5 the machine frame and 6 the front or assembler plate, and 7 and 8 are respectively the magazine entrance and the assembler plate entrance. All of the just-named parts are of ordinary construction, and as in existing machines, the adjustability of the magazine frame 3 in a direction perpendicular to the plane occupied by the top or bottom surface of any one magazine, is such as to enable any of those magazines to be brought into operative register with, at the upper part, the magazine entrance 7 and, at the lower part, the assembler plate entrance 8.

According to the present invention, the guidance of the magazine frame 3, in the aforesaid direction, is effected by means of a slide 9 cast in one piece with, or rigidly attached to, that frame and extending downwardly and rearwardly perpendicularly to the before mentioned plane. The slide 9 is of other than circular form in cross section, for example, it may be of dovetail or T shape with the head of more or lesswidth,

and it is capable of moving with an accurate.

sliding fit,ain a guide 10 formed, as shown, in one partwith, or rigidly attached to, the

main frame 5, the cross-sectional form of this guide being such as will prevent the slide 9 from movmg: therein in any direction other than a longitudinal one.

The raising and lowering of the maga-- zines, is effected by means of a bent hand lever 11, pivoted to the frame 5 by a stud 12, and, at its rear end, connected, through a 11:11:13, with the slide 9. The weight of the magazine frame 3 and the parts moving therewith is more or less compensated by a tension spring 1a attached, at its upper end, to the frame 5, and,at its lower end, to a rearward extension of the slide 9.

When it is desired to raise the magazines from the position in which they are shown in the drawing, so as to move the magazine 1 out of, and the magazine 2 into, operative register with the magazine entrance 7 and assembler plate entrance 8, the front end of v the lever 11 is depressed into the position in which it is represented in dot and dash lines, and during that operation, the spring 14 assists in effecting the said raising.

Having described my invention, I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with an inclined magazine frame adapted to support a plurality of magazines, of a single slide fast to the magazine frame, of other than cylindrical form in cross section, and a guide fast to the machine frame, in which the slide is capable of moving only in the direction of its length.

2. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with an inclined magazine frame adapted to support a plurality of magazines, of a single slide fast to the magazine frame, of other than cylindrical form in cross section, a guide fast to the machine frame, in which the slide is capable of moving only in the direction of its length, and manual means operative to raise and lower the slide in the guide.

3. In a typographical composing machine, the combination with an inclined magazine frame adapted to support a plurality of magazines, of a single slide fast to the magazine frame, of other than cylindrical form incross section, a guide fast to themachine frame, in which the slide is capable of moving only in the direction of its length, manual means operative to'rais'e and lower the slide in the guide, and a spring attached to the main frame and to the slide Operative to raise the slide in the guide.

4. In a typographical composing machine,

the slide is capable of moving only in the direction of its length, and a lever operative to move the slide in the guide to bring any Copies of this patent may be obtained for of the magazines into operative register with the magazlne entrance and assembler plate entrance. a

5. In a typographical machine, the combinationof a plurality of magazines, a supportingframe therefor, movable to bring one or another into operative position, and

mechanism for guiding the frame'in' its single slide or guide fixed to the magazine supporting frame, and means mounted in ,movements, "said mechanism comprising a J the machine frame to cooperate with the slide and prevent its turning or twisting.

during the movement of the supporting frame.

'In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in the presence of two witnessesr CARL MUE HLEI S'EN. Witnesses: r

JEAN GRUND, CARL GRUND. V

five cents each, by addressing, the f Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

